Comments on: Merrill Lynch – Buy or Sell? Depends on the Successor’s Cognitive Capacity http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/merrill-lynch-buy-or-sell-depends-on-the-successors-cognitive-capacity Equipping Managers via Requisite Organization Systems Design. Talent Management, Leadership, Organization Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Adaptive Path At Destiny’s Door | Mission Minded Management http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/merrill-lynch-buy-or-sell-depends-on-the-successors-cognitive-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-297 Adaptive Path At Destiny’s Door | Mission Minded Management Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:53:31 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/?p=85#comment-297 [...] How Do You Decide If a CEO is Qualified? - Not All CEO Jobs Are Equal It seems that Adaptive Path is growing, and its three founders are looking to add a CEO. What PeopleFit could do for Adaptive Path that few others could is use a validated, science based approach to assess the work complexity level of the proposed CEO role and then screen their candidates for the corresponding level of cognitive capability. The cognitive capacity of the CEO will do more to seal the fate of this startup than any other facto.... [...] [...] How Do You Decide If a CEO is Qualified? – Not All CEO Jobs Are Equal It seems that Adaptive Path is growing, and its three founders are looking to add a CEO. What PeopleFit could do for Adaptive Path that few others could is use a validated, science based approach to assess the work complexity level of the proposed CEO role and then screen their candidates for the corresponding level of cognitive capability. The cognitive capacity of the CEO will do more to seal the fate of this startup than any other facto…. [...]

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/merrill-lynch-buy-or-sell-depends-on-the-successors-cognitive-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-29 Michelle Malay Carter Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:17:59 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/?p=85#comment-29 Daniel, Thanks for the comment. Yes, the board failed on many fronts here and should be accountable for this mess. From a succession and talent standpoint, the board is accountable for keeping an eye on the talent pool two levels down, i.e. the CEO's direct reports, and this usually doesn't happen. Here's a post on this: http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-is-succession-so-badly-managed-a-globally-thought-provoking-subject Regards, Michelle Daniel,

Thanks for the comment. Yes, the board failed on many fronts here and should be accountable for this mess. From a succession and talent standpoint, the board is accountable for keeping an eye on the talent pool two levels down, i.e. the CEO’s direct reports, and this usually doesn’t happen. Here’s a post on this: http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-is-succession-so-badly-managed-a-globally-thought-provoking-subject

Regards,

Michelle

]]> By: Daniel http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/merrill-lynch-buy-or-sell-depends-on-the-successors-cognitive-capacity/comment-page-1#comment-30 Daniel Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:58:45 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/?p=85#comment-30 Would it not be advisable to replace the board of directors entirely since they most likely have, by now, been enjoined by a re-trenchment mentality? Would it not be advisable to replace the board of directors entirely since they most likely have, by now, been enjoined by a re-trenchment mentality?

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